http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/03/22/jurassic-five-%e2%80%9csix-individuals-who-aren%e2%80%99t-afraid-to-be-themselves%e2%80%9d-split/ Sinéad Gleeson's blog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:06:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/03/22/jurassic-five-%e2%80%9csix-individuals-who-aren%e2%80%99t-afraid-to-be-themselves%e2%80%9d-split/#comment-53423 baz Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:18:46 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/03/22/jurassic-five-%e2%80%9csix-individuals-who-aren%e2%80%99t-afraid-to-be-themselves%e2%80%9d-split/#comment-53423 their original 'jayou' EP is astonishing but it's hard to reconcile the brillance of that with the mediocrity of their recent work i remember seeing them in vicar st. last year and although the crowd seemed to lap it up, i wasn't convinced there was too much trying to cajole the crowd with the over and back 'daaaawww-bllinnnnn, daaaawww-bllinnn' chanting but not enough real musical substance they looked like a band coming near the end of their lifespan so can't say i'm all that surprised their original ‘jayou’ EP is astonishing but it’s hard to reconcile the brillance of that with the mediocrity of their recent work
i remember seeing them in vicar st. last year and although the crowd seemed to lap it up, i wasn’t convinced
there was too much trying to cajole the crowd with the over and back ‘daaaawww-bllinnnnn, daaaawww-bllinnn’ chanting
but not enough real musical substance
they looked like a band coming near the end of their lifespan so can’t say i’m all that surprised

]]> http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/03/22/jurassic-five-%e2%80%9csix-individuals-who-aren%e2%80%99t-afraid-to-be-themselves%e2%80%9d-split/#comment-52484 Sinead Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:49:38 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/03/22/jurassic-five-%e2%80%9csix-individuals-who-aren%e2%80%99t-afraid-to-be-themselves%e2%80%9d-split/#comment-52484 Yep, it's for the best, just sad when an act eventually knocks it on the head. Still it's better to draw a line under things than just fade away I suppose. And given the current frenzy of band reunions, they'll be back in no time. :) Yep, it’s for the best, just sad when an act eventually knocks it on the head. Still it’s better to draw a line under things than just fade away I suppose. And given the current frenzy of band reunions, they’ll be back in no time.

]]> http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/03/22/jurassic-five-%e2%80%9csix-individuals-who-aren%e2%80%99t-afraid-to-be-themselves%e2%80%9d-split/#comment-52049 lorcy Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:28:46 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/03/22/jurassic-five-%e2%80%9csix-individuals-who-aren%e2%80%99t-afraid-to-be-themselves%e2%80%9d-split/#comment-52049 ah the J5 were great, and concrete schoolyard is amazing but they did seem very tired the last few years, so maybe it's for the best. ah the J5 were great, and concrete schoolyard is amazing but they did seem very tired the last few years, so maybe it’s for the best.

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